- Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy Papers
- Title:
- Injured African American longeshoreman surrounded by white males during dock workers' strike, Houston, Texas, July 17, 1934
- Creator:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1934-07-17
- Subject:
- Racism--Texas--Houston
Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores
Violence - People:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Text on reverse: "Watch Your Credit International Chicago 7-17-34: Three die in Texas Dock Strike, Houston, Texas-- Three independent Negro longshoremen were shot to death and four others (white and negro) wounded in battles between striking dock workers union and members of an independent unions not on strike. Photo shows one of the injured men who was shot and beaten about the head. Sent Bureaus, Hearst Papers and Fast Mail." Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.
- Local Identifier:
- L1979-37_076
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SKennedy/id/10607
- Rights Holder:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1979-37_076, Stetson Kennedy Papers, L1979-37, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy papers, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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